Posted by Jenny Berki on December 06, 2006 at 12:57:44 from 217.205.198.22 user JennyB.
In Reply to: Re: cooking in Sir Garnet, not Mrs. Dixon's kitchen posted by John Wilson on December 05, 2006 at 12:45:32:
In CC, Starboard (Chapter 19) lowered the pan towards the flames of the stove in the wherry Sir Garnet, turning the bacon to “gingerbread” according to old Simon, who tells them that husbants like bacon “thick and soft an’ jewsy”. by John Wilson
I agree with Old Simon.
Must be a sailing thing - in PD, Bill's cure for seasickness involved a thick soft bacon rind.